298 表示偏爱的另一些例句

A I like hot weather better than cold.相当于:

I prefer hot weather to cold

Id rather/sooner have hot weather than cold

我喜欢热天,不喜欢冷天。

I like skiing better than skating.相当于:

I prefer skiing to skating

Id rather/sooner ski than skate

我喜欢滑雪胜于滑冰。

B I liked playing in matches better than watching them.相当于:

I preferred playing matches to watching them

我喜欢参加比赛而不喜欢观看比赛。(这里不能用 would rather/soon-er。)

C Would you like to start today or would you rather wait/would you pre-fer to wait till tomorrow

Id rather go todaythan wait till tomorrow).Id rather not wait/ Id prefer to stary todayId prefer not to wait

―你愿意今天动身呢,还是宁愿等到明天?

―我宁愿今天动身(而不愿等到明天)。我不想等了。

Id rather deliver it by hand than post it

这东西我宁愿亲手递交也不想邮寄。

He says hed rather go to prison than pay the fine

他说他宁愿蹲监狱也不肯交罚款。

Id rather pay his fine for him than let him go to prison

我宁愿替他交罚款,也不愿让他蹲监狱。

rather than would+不带to的不定式可用于较正式的英语中:

Rather than let him go to prison I would pay his fine myself

我宁肯自己代他付罚款,也不愿让他蹲监狱。

D preferrather的一些例句:

Do you want Ann to repair it herself

Id prefer her to ring/Id rather she rang the electrician/Id rather

she didnt try to repair it herself

―您想让安自己来修吗?

―我想还是让她打电话给电工更好。/我不想让她自己修。

They want to camp in my garden but Id rather they didntId ratherthey camped by the river

他们想要在我的园子里露营,不过我不想让他们在我的园子里露营。

我宁愿他们在河边露营。

He usually has a pub lunchbut shed prefer him to come home for ameal/shed rather he came home for lunchShed rather he didntspend money in pubs

他一般在小酒馆里吃午饭,但她宁愿他回家吃饭/她宁愿他回家吃午饭。她不愿他把钱花在小酒馆里。